Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science 5(3): 419-425 (2020) https://doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2020.0503025 This content is available online at AESA Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science Journal homepage: journals.aesacademy.org/index.php/aaes e-ISSN: 2456-6632 ARTICLE HISTORY ABSTRACT Received: 15 July 2020 Revised received: 16 September 2020 Accepted: 22 September 2020 Environmental degradation is the deterioration of natural resources such as air, water, soil, fora, fauna, and all other living and non-living component of the planet earth. There are two main reasons for environmental degradation i.e. anthropogenic causes like industrialization, overpopulation, deforestation, mining, etc. and natural causes like food, landslide, desertifca- tion, temperatures, etc. Nowadays, the demand for natural resources is increase due to the exceeding population. To fulfll the demand of humans, over exploration of the natural resources in carrying out, due to this they are under pressure. The anthropogenic activities disturbed and degraded the environmental component such as the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere. All the environmental component is linked together if one is disturbed than its disturbed the other one also. However, in this paper, we discussed the anthropogenic activities that affect the environmental component directly or indirectly and we also suggested the recommendation and mitigation measures to sustain the environmental component developed by the agencies and policymaker. ©2020 Agriculture and Environmental Science Academy Keywords Anthropogenic causes Environmental degradation Land degradation Soil pollution Water degradation Citation of this article: Bisht, A., Kamboj, N., Kamboj, V. and Bisht, A. (2020). A review on the role of emerging anthropogenic activities in environmental degradation and emphasis on their mitigation Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 5(3): 419-425, https://dx.doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2020.0503025 A review on the role of emerging anthropogenic activities in environmental degradation and emphasis on their mitigation Aditi Bisht 1 , Nitin Kamboj 1* , Vishal Kamboj 1 and Akanksha Bisht 2 1 Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar - 249404 (Uttarakhand), INDIA 2 Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Birla Campus, Srinagar - 249161 (Uttarakhand), INDIA * Corresponding author’s E-mail: kambojgurukul@gmail.com INTRODUCTION The environment is interaction and adaption to physical, chemical, and other natural forces. The interaction is among animals, plants, soil, water, and other living and non-living things in the environment (Johnson et al.,1997). The accessibility and utilization of natural resources have an orientation on the result and the pace of the improvement process. In society, most of the conditions are man-made created by the man using natural resources (Mirski et al., 2017). The sustainable management of natural resources is elementary for money related advancement and human prosperity. The world's natural networks deal with the air, water, and soil on which we all depend. They outline an exceptional and down to earth support against remarkable atmosphere events and environment change (Warner et al., 2010). Sound natural frameworks are essential for the long stretch improvement of monetary territories, for instance, agribusiness, fsheries furthermore, the travel industry. About 60 to 70 percent of the world's environments are demeaning quicker than they can recover (Rambabu, 2018). There are numerous natural issues in India. Air contamination, water contamination, trash, are some of the major challenges in India. The conditions were more terrible between 1947 to 1995. According to data collection and assessment of World Bank, done between 1995 and 2010, India has improved a lot in terms of improving its biological quality but still, there is much more to be done to reach the level of developed nations. Degradation on the environment is some of the essential drivers of infection, medical problems, and long-term livelihood impact for India (Huesemann and Huesemann, 2011). Environmental degradation can be characterized as the disintegration of the ecological framework because of human intervention (Chertow, 2001). It can have genuine impacts for some, animals, plants, and mankind (Figure 1). Therefore, to REVIEW ARTICLE